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S. FEDER- OVERALLS, PANTALOONS, 8w. No. 254,544 Patented Mar. 7,1882.

WITNESSES: 5 2 INVENTOR Q/%% v BY ATTORNEY UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

SIMON FEDER, or BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO AUGUSTA FEDER, LEE s.WARNER, LUDWIG A. WARNER, EDMUND JELLINEK, AND LUDG. A. WARNER, JR, ALLOF sAME PLACE.

OVERALLS, PANTALOONS, 840.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,544, dated March'7, 1882.

- Application filed January 3, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may cancer-n Be it known that I, SIMON FEDER, a citizenof the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOveralls, Pantaloons, and Drawers; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention; such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

Previous to my invention overalls, pantaloons, &c., have been madehaving a separate continuous strip extending across the crotch of thefly-seam and upward on each side of the fly, and secured theretothroughout its entire length, so as to prevent ripping of parts; butbeing itself secured by seams, it is liable to rip and become detached,thereby defeating the object for which it was intended.

The object of my invention is to avoid the above-named difficulty; andto this end it consists in so cutting the front portion of the overallsor pantaloons that the continuous strip extending across the fly will bean integral part of the material from which the front portion is cut,thereby forming a seamless crotch, and precluding the possibility of anyripping whatever in that part of the overalls so made.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a pair of finished overalls embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 shows a pattern illustrating the way in which thematerial is cut to form the integral continuous protecting-strip. Figs.3 and 4 illustrate the difierent steps employed in manipulatingthematerial cut in accordance with my invention; and Fig. 5 shows amodification of my invention.

Referring to the drawings, a is the front portion of the right leg ofthe overalls, and a the front portion of the left leg. These two parts aand a are cut in one piece, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. As first outthey extend in opposite directions, and are connected by the narrow partb, which forms the crotch portion. From the point I) the slits vb arecut, so that either one of the leg portions can be turned over up- V onthe other, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

0 and c are the upper edges of the leg portions. The dotted lines at andd, Fig. 2, show where the material is folded over upon itself. 5 5 Thesedotted lines at and d, with the edges e and 0, form the limits of thecontinuous integral strip ff.

g is a slit cut in the portion a to facilitate the fitting of the parts.After the front portion of the overalls has been cut, as just described,and clearly shown in Fig. 2, the operation of folding it into shape isas follows, viz:

The leg portion a is folded over at the part b, so that the edge 0 comesin line with the edge 0 of the portion a. The leg portionsa and a arethen in the relative position shown in Fig. 3. The folding operation isthen continned as follows, viz: The leg portion a is folded over uponthe line d, so that the part f of the continuous strip will lie flatupon the part a, and the leg portion a is folded upon the line d in adirection opposite to that in which the portion a is folded, so that thepart f of the continuous strip will lie flat upon the part a. Thelegportions a and a are then in the relative posit-ion shown in Fig. 4,and are in condition to be incorporated into the overalls, as clearlyshown in Fig. 1, which represents a completed overalls embodying theinvention just described.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a modified form of my invention, which I employwhere material is used which is not the same in color or texture on bothsides thereof. I simply take the 8 5 material, cut as shown in Fig. 2,and separate the leg portions a and a upon the line 01, so that theportion a can be so turnedas to present the same side of the cloth uponthe outside of the overalls in both leg portions. It will be hereobserved that the continuous strip ff still forms an integral portion ofthe body of the overalls, and in making this change I have not departedfrom the spirit of my invention.

By my improved construction a great saving of material is efiected, theoveralls are made in a strong and durable manner, andthe continuousstrip forming the inner faces of the fly being integral with the legportions, no separation of these parts by ripping can possibly occur, asis the case with those now in use. Where the separate and continuousstrip hereinbefore spoken of is used there is a seam across the crotchwhere the material of the two leg portions are joined. By myconstruction no such seam is necessary, as the continuous strip integralwith the material of theleg portion forms not only a seamlessconnection, but the facing of the fly as well,

I am aware, as I have hereinbefore stated, that it is not new to employa separate and continuous strip secured by stitching to the fly of apair of overalls; but

